Women’s Day 2024: 5 Female Bollywood Songwriters Who Have Been Ruling The Male-Dominated Profession

Women’s Day 2024 is around the corner. Ahead of this grand day women across the world are celebrated despite the diversity of culture, age, colour, and religion, let us celebrate the women who are breaking the glass ceiling. Many women are in the male-dominated profession of songwriting in Bollywood, let us honour them.

For decades, songwriting has been a profession that has mostly been taken up by men. However, the scenario has changed with emerging women songwriters in the industry. Here are some female songwriters whom you must know about.

Kausar Munir

Kausar Munir is known to be the topmost female lyricist in B-Town. She has written hundreds of Hindi songs that have been recognised and appreciated. She has written famous songs for Bollywood movies including ‘Falak Tak’ from ‘Tashan’, ‘Ishaqzaade’, ‘Ek Tha Tiger’, ‘Dhoom 3’, ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’, and ‘Dear Zindagi’.

Priya Saraiya

Priya Saraiya is one of the famous names in the world of Indian music. She is a lyricist, singer, and stage performer for Gujarati music. She has written famous Bollywood songs including ‘Jeena Jeena’, ‘Jaise Mera Tu’, ‘Jee Karda, Chhalni Karde Seena Mera (Rock Version)’, and ‘Mileya Mileya’.

Jasleen Royal

Jasleen Royal is a famous Indian singer, songwriter, and composer who started from Indie and now has dominantly worked in Bollywood as well. She has composed heart-touching songs including ‘Kho Gaye Hum Kaha’, ‘Preet’, ‘Heeriye’, and ‘Sang Rahio’. She became the first female lyricist to win the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director for ‘Shershaah’.

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Hema Sardesai

Hema Sardesai is a renowned playback singer and songwriter in Bollywood. She has written Konkani songs for the English movie ‘The Coffin Maker’ featuring Naseeruddin Shah. She majorly has a career in singing with the superhit song ‘Badal Pe Paon Hain’.

Anvita Dutt Guptan

Anvita Dutt Guptan is an all-rounder with her career stretching from songwriting to dialogue writing, screenplay writing, story writing, and directing. She has written popular songs including ‘London Thumakda’, ‘O Gujariya’, ‘Heyy Babyy’, ‘Chhaliya’, ‘Ishq Wala Love’, ‘Gulaabo’, and ‘Ahista Ahista’.

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Let us celebrate these women songwriters of Bollywood who have given us beautiful songs to live by. If you liked this story, stay tuned to HerZindagi for more!

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